Originally interred at the Dyer homeplace on the Tugaloo River, now in
Hart Co., Georgia. Reinterred at New Prospect Baptist Churchyard whn the
homeplace was flooded with the creation of Lake Hartwell.
That Malvina was born in 1760 to Martin Wheeler and Priscilla Roberts
(both born circa 1700?) is questionable, at best. This information, most
frequesntly attributed to "The Wheelers of Granville County, North
Carolina" by Frances Wheeler, actually comes from Harriet Boozer's fine
book on the Wells, Dyer, and Farris families. While this source states
that Malvina is the daughter of Martin Wheeler of Granville Co., North
Carolina, it offers no supporting evidence. I am aware of no evidence (or
lack thereof) that Malvina was the product of a second marriage by
Martin. Is it possible that Malvina is from a different family
altogether, or that she is the grandaughter of Martin Wheeler (note that
Martin's son, William, is said to have a daughter Levina -- could earlier
researchers have confused the issue? Lav(onia) + (Mal)vina = Lavina?
Plausible, if one can discount record of Levina Wheeler's marriage to one
America Jones.
For the presnt I have decided to list Malvina's parents as unknown,
though information on Martin Wheeler and his ancestors remains in the
file.
--John Gillon
Note:
(Research):_________________
Letter from Kenneth Dyer to Frances Wheeler
August 16, 1992
Dear Mrs. Wheeler,
I regret the delay in responding to your letter of April 28th,
but it seems there is always another emergency to take care of. You
asked me to help you determine the parentage of some of the Wheelers.
I have not researched the Wheelers, nevertheless have picked up a
few bits of interesting data. The following comments are probably
not new to you, but they pretty well cover all I know on the Wheelers.
Regarding the Wheeler-Dyer connections: The enclosure from
from "John Wheeler 1630-1693 of Charles County, Maryland" shows an
interesting connection. Note that Benjamin Wheeler's daughter, Ann,
married a Dyer. She was about the right age to have been the wife
of James Dyer who moved from near the Great Falls of the Potomac to
Granville Co. NC about 1765; however, in 1770, under the name of Ann
Scott, she sold land deeded to her by her father in 1751. It does
not seem likely that Ann Dyer of NC would have deserted her husband
and children to marry some man with the surname, Scott. Two sons of
our James Dyer (Elisha & William) married Wheeler girls (Malvina &
Sarah - sisters?). There was another Elisha Dyer who married Jane
Wheeler 10 Feb. 1814 in Warren Co. KY. Another Wheeler-Dyer
connection is to be found when William Dyer died intestate in the
spring of 1754/55 in Prince George's County, MD. Susannah Dyer was
administratrix and Ignatious Wheeler and Malcome McBean were her
bondsmen.
I am about to conclude that Paul Dyer may have been right after
all in assigning James Dyer who married Ann Dyal (or Ann Wheeler) as a
descendant of Patrick Dyer. I had always questioned this, but now I'm not
so sure. When Sarah Wheeler married William Dyer in Granville Co NC in
1787 it was a Benjamin Wheeler who signed the bond. What relationship was
he to Sarah? I suspect this Benjamin was the nephew of the Benjamin
Wheeler who died in Prince Georges Co MD in 1769.
Another Dyer-Wheeler connection is on p. 1680 of NC Genealogy:
Among 1778 Surry County, NC petition signers were Ambrose Wheeler and
John Dyer. On p. 1679 was William Ramsey, possibly the father or brother
of Joel Ramsey who went to Russell Co VA. There was a John Dyer on a
Surry Co, NC tax list in 1771. Mrs. Mellander wrote that one of her
contacts pointed out that Elisha Dyer, son of Jas/Ann, married Malvina
Wheeler in Georgetown, MD/DC. How did they know the location? Did they
give the date? It would have to be many years after his father, James,
had moved to NC. Could this information have been in Elisha Dyer's

• Married: 2 Jan 1790 in Georgetown, MD
• Note:

  The marriage in Georgetown (see below), if it actually occurred there,
  would have been just a few miles from Elisha's birthplace at Great Falls
  of the Potomac, Virginia.
  This, combined with references to the birth of Elisha and Malvina's
  oldest son, John "Jackie" Dyar, in Georgetown, leads one to believe that
  the Dyars visited or perhaps resided in the Potomac area of Virginia or
  Maryland before moving to Georgia. However, it should be noted that
  Elisha Dyer's Revolutionary Pension application does not mention this.
  From DC GenWeb: Georgetown, Maryland -- 1751-1790
  Before the District was created in 1790, the Maryland portion (what is
  now DC) was in Montgomery County, MD from 1776 - 1790. Prior to 1776, it
  was in Frederick County, MD. Until the Federal City was built, the port
  of Georgetown was the only major town within the current DC boundaries,
  with the port of Alexandria on the other side of the Potomac. Although
  the town of Frederick was the county seat of Frederick County, Georgetown
  rapidly grew to rival and surpass it in size. When Montgomery County was
  created, Georgetown became the county seat. Thus, anyone researching
  Georgetown relatives prior to 1790 should look in the records of
  Montgomery County, and before 1776, in the records of Frederick County.

1. John DYAR b: Dec 1790 in NC
2. Joel Hunter DYAR b: Abt 1794 in Pendleton, SC
3. Rebecca DYAR b: 1796
4. William DYAR b: Abt 1798 in Pendleton, SC
5. Mary Polly DYAR b: Abt 1800
6. Melvina DYAR b: Abt 1802
7. Malinda Elizabeth DYAR b: Abt 1805 in Franklin County, GA
8. Martin DYAR b: 7 Jul 1808 in Franklin County, GA